CN1342029A - Method for inputting communication notebook into mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

A method of inputting an address book into a mobile communication terminal includes the steps of: inputting an address book service number including a feature number assigned to a customer who needs to provide address book information from the mobile communication terminal to an address book management center in order to provide and request communication book information; send the address book service number to the address book management center; receive the address book service number in the address book management center; search for the address book information corresponding to the characteristic number in the address book management center; send the retrieved address book to the mobile communication terminal Information; store the received address book information in the mobile communication terminal.

Description

Method for inputting address book into mobile communication terminal

Background of the invention

1. Field of invention

The present invention relates to a method of inputting an address book into a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a method of utilizing supplementary services.

2. Related technical description

An easy-to-carry mobile terminal provides users with basic functions such as an address book, unlike previous fixed phone terminals. The address book includes many items, including phone numbers, Internet addresses, and more. The address book in the prior art terminal is not managed separately when stored in the terminal, but can be viewed when necessary.

Currently, the main method of entering information into the address book requires the user to enter the information into the terminal by using a keypad. Therefore, the user must listen directly to the address sheet information or read a business card or notepad before entering information into the terminal. So the user can only input the most important information into the mobile terminal. However, such input requires some complicated operations, causing inconvenience to the user.

At the same time, the amount of information related to telephone numbers, addresses of Internet home pages, e-mail addresses, etc. is increasing. The amount of information the user has to enter into the terminal can be inconvenient for him, since such information cannot be conveniently entered according to current methods.

In addition, with the rapid development and expansion of Internet commerce and distance marketing, companies need to distribute information to customers quickly and easily. Therefore, there is a need for a device and method to enable the user to conveniently input information into the address book of the mobile communication terminal. In addition, there is also a need for a device and method for companies to conveniently advertise their products to customers through mobile terminals.

Summary of the invention

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a convenient method of entering information into an address book of a mobile terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for inputting information into an address book of a mobile terminal, so that various address information can be input quickly.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of entering information into an address book of a mobile terminal, which can be used by companies as an advertising tool.

To achieve the above object of the present invention, a method for inputting information into the address book of a mobile communication terminal is provided. The characteristic number of the customer of the address book information; send the address book service number to the address book management center in order to request the address book information; receive the address book service number in the management center; search in the address book management center in order to retrieve the corresponding feature number address book information; sending the retrieved address book information to the mobile communication terminal; storing the address book information in the mobile communication terminal; and prompting the customer that the address book information has arrived at the mobile communication terminal, wherein the customer can access the address book information.

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Through the following detailed description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, the above-mentioned and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more apparent, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a structural diagram of a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein a mobile communication terminal is linked to an address book management center;

Fig. 3 is a flow chart of message processing between the mobile communication terminal and the address book management center according to an embodiment of the present invention; and

4 is an operation flowchart of a mobile communication terminal control unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, illustrating a process of storing received address book messages.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE BEST EMBODIMENTS

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings, the same elements are denoted by the same reference numerals or characters. Also, detailed descriptions of known functions and constructions that may unnecessarily obscure the content of the present invention are omitted.

In order to overcome the previous inconvenient input process, the present invention employs a remote service in which a mobile communication terminal uses an individual phone number and links to an address book of a sending terminal when a call is made to the individual phone number. This single telephone number is hereinafter referred to as the address book service number. When a mobile terminal initiates a call by inputting an address book service number, the address book service number contacts a company (hereinafter referred to as an address book management center) that provides information about the address book, and then sends the address book information to the mobile terminal, where the mobile terminal Address Book information is added to the Address Book menu when the message is received.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the address book service number includes a number from an address book management center and a characteristic number assigned to a person or company (hereinafter referred to as a supply client) who needs to provide an address book. For example, the address book service number might be 999-1234, where 999 is the address book management center number and 1234 is the feature number assigned to each provisioning customer. Referring to FIG. 2, when the user inputs the number 999 and the number 1234, a link is formed between the address book management center 200 and the mobile terminal 100. Referring to FIG. These numbers are used to distinguish the address books stored in the database of the address book management center or in the mobile communication terminal 100 and to search the corresponding address book in the address book management center 200 . Each telephone number information has a characteristic number in the address book management system. These characteristic numbers are used together with the distinguishing numbers of the address book management system to obtain a telephone number. That is, the user dials the obtained number in order to receive the telephone number information. This number consists of two parts: header and tail. The first part is the distinguishing number of the address book management system, and the tail part is the characteristic number of the information related to the specific phone number. Information associated with a particular phone number could be name, phone number, fax number, and email address. Therefore, by using the caller ID number, the address book management system transmits information related to the corresponding phone number according to the tail of the called phone number to the calling mobile terminal through Short Message Service (SMS).

The structure of the mobile communication terminal 100 according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1, which is a block diagram of the mobile communication terminal. The mobile communication terminal 100 includes a control unit 10 , a display unit 20 , a key input 30 , a storage unit 40 , an audio processing unit 50 , and a radio processing unit 60 . Those skilled in the art know that a mobile communication terminal may include more elements than the above units.

The control unit 10 controls the overall operations of the mobile terminal 100 . The radio processing unit 60 transmits and receives audio data and control data under the control of the control unit 10 . The audio processing unit 50 outputs the audio data from the radio processing unit 60 and converts it into audible sound through the speaker. In addition, after processing the audio signal received through the microphone into data, the signal is output to the radio processing unit. The key input unit 30 includes a plurality of numeric keys and function keys, and uses the control unit 10 to output key input data corresponding to keys pressed by the user. The display unit 20 displays various messages under the control of the control unit 10 . The storage unit 40 includes a program memory 41 , an address book memory 42 and a data memory 43 . The program memory 41 stores program data required to control the operation of the mobile terminal and other program data related to the address book menu added according to the embodiment of the present invention. The data memory 43 stores data generated during control or user operations. The storage unit 40 also includes an address book storage 42 for storing an address book. The address book storage 42 includes a first area for storing input of an address book according to the previous method and a second area for storing a general address book sent from the address book management center 200 .

A Universal Address Book is a package of data that contains e-mail addresses, fax numbers, etc., and also contains phone numbers in a certain order. According to the embodiment of the present invention, the content and sequence of the general address book are shown in Table 1.

Table 1 Name/Characteristic Number order stored data 1 02-100-1000 2 014-200-2000 3 Fax: 300-3000 4 hoonll@hoon.co.kr 5 www.HOON.co.kr 6 Other Information

It can be seen from Table 1 that the general address book is arranged in the order of telephone number, mobile communication terminal number, fax number, email address, homepage address and other information, among which other information may include representative name and supply customer feature number etc. Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the information in the universal address book can be arranged in any format that may differ from the format described above. For example, a fax number can be placed on sequence line 1 and an email address can be placed on sequence line 2.

The address book management center 200 sends the address book information to the mobile communication terminal 100 in the form of a short message, and also includes a special code (special code) (as a special short message) to distinguish the information from the public short message. Also, advertisements can be sent along with the general address book, so that the supplier can display the advertisement efficiently.

The general address book is stored in the mobile terminal as it is. In other words, since address book information is stored in a certain order in the mobile communication terminal, it is possible to search according to the kind of information such as e-mail addresses, phone numbers, etc. contained in the general address book. According to an embodiment of the present invention, this can be achieved through the added address book menu. The Address Book menu is used to manage and search general-purpose address books and commonly entered address books. The address book menu includes "name search", "address search", "telephone number", "mobile communication terminal number", "fax number", "e-mail address", and "homepage address" and the like. In the "Name Search" and "Address Search" sections of the Address Book menu, searches the address book list by name, representative name, or address, and then displays the entire contents of the searched generic address menu. Other menus related to the address book menu can be searched, and related information can be displayed respectively.

At the request of the mobile communication terminal 100, the address book management center 200 sends an address book message including address book information through the mobile communication system and the short message service.

The schematic structure of the mobile communication system 102 according to the present invention and the message processing process between the mobile communication terminal 100 and the address book management center 200 are shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 . The process of sending an address book message according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 .

FIG. 2 is a structural diagram of a mobile communication system 102 according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein a mobile communication terminal 100 is linked with an address book management center 200 . A BTS (Base Transceiver Station) 101 shown in FIG. 2 communicates with a mobile communication terminal 100 using a radio link. A BSC (Base Station Controller) 103 controls radio and line links, and performs handover for maintaining continuity of conversation even when the user is moving. MSC (Mobile Switching Center) 105 performs network linking with other MSCs for sending/receiving requests from mobile communication terminals 100, and performs inquiries about HLR (Home Location Register) 107 of subscribers. And when sending a short message from SMSC (Short Message Service Center) 109, the short message is sent to BSC103 so that the short message can be sent through the paging channel in BTS101. Message reception from BTS 101 to BSC 103 proceeds in the same manner as above but in the opposite direction. HLR107 is a small computer, mainly used to execute the function of user information processing unit, and it is mainly divided into components such as network access unit, user database, operation management unit and so on. SMSC109 is an independent node and includes functions for determining the receiver's location and sending short messages to mobile subscribers, it is connected to HLR107 and MSC105.

The address book management center 200 is connected to the MSC 105, and sends the general address book requested by the mobile communication terminal 100 in the form of a short message. The address book management center 200 includes a control unit 201 and a database 203 . The control unit 201 of the address book management center 200 controls the overall operation of the address book management center 200, and searches for the requested general address book in the database 203 of the address book management center 200, so as to send restriction data ( restricted data). The operator of the address book management center 200 receives a request for address book information from a company or individual requesting information, and inputs the address book information into the database 203 through the operator terminal 205 and manages the address book information in the database 203 .

The processing process of the address book message including the general address book will be described with reference to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 . Fig. 3 is a flowchart of message processing between a mobile communication terminal and an address book management center according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In step 121 , the mobile communication terminal 100 initiates a call to the address book management center 200 by inputting an address book service number into the mobile communication terminal 100 . By the user's actual key operation on the key input 30 of the mobile communication terminal 100, or by the user speaking to the loudspeaker of the audio processing unit 50 of the mobile communication terminal 100, so as to dial the address book service number, or using a method that may be adopted by those of ordinary skill in the art Any other method of inputting information into the mobile communication terminal 100, the mobile communication terminal 100 may input the address book service number. In step 123, mobile communication terminal 100 requests MSC 105 to connect with address management center 200 via BTS 101 and BSC 103 . In step 125, MSC 105 requests HLR 107 for confirmation of user registration of mobile communication terminal 100, and then connects a call path with address management center 200 if user registration is confirmed. When the call path is connected, the control unit 201 of the address management center 200 receives the feature number of the address book service number at step 127 . Next at step 129, the control unit 201 searches for a general address book corresponding to the characteristic number received in the database 203 of the address book management center 200, and then the process goes to step 131. In step 131, the control unit 201 sends an address book message (information), including the retrieved general address book, advertisement, etc., to the MSC 105 in the form of a short message. In step 133 , MSC 105 sends the transmitted address book message to mobile communication terminal 100 through SMSC 109 . Next at step 135, the mobile communication terminal 100 receives the address book message, and then the process goes to step 137. In step 137, the mobile communication terminal 100 stores the received address book message, and then ends the process. Furthermore, in step 137, after the mobile communication terminal 100 receives the address book message, an alarm signal or an audio signal in the communication terminal 100 is activated to indicate that the address book message has been received. If the address book message contains a specific code indicating receipt of the address book, the address book is stored in the communication terminal 100 . This address book information about address book messages containing specific codes can be detected, searched and/or deleted by the communication terminal 100 .

In carrying out the above process, the provisioning customer pays the fee according to the call connection and the address book message transmission, and the billing center of the MSC 105 collects the fee. Here, if the general process is used, the customer needs to pay the fee, because when the mobile terminal initiates a call by sending a call to the address book management center, the address book management center reads the caller ID and detects The user's phone number, although the Address Book Manager did not receive the call. The address book management center sends an SMS to the mobile terminal with the obtained phone number. According to the invention, the provisioning customer only pays for maintaining the phone line and receiving SMS. Therefore, if the supply customer is not connected with the address book management center, the supply customer does not pay the fee according to the connection of the telephone call.

The process of receiving and storing address book messages by the mobile communication terminal 100 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 4 , which is an operational flowchart of the mobile communication terminal control unit, illustrating the process of storing received address book messages according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The control unit 10 of the mobile communication terminal 100 receives the short message at step 161 , and then enters step 163 . In step 163, the control unit 10 determines whether the received short message contains a dedicated code. The control unit 10 proceeds to step 165 if the message contains a private code, or to step 175 if the message does not contain a private code. In the embodiment of the present invention, after the address book message is received in the mobile communication terminal, since the address book message is automatically stored in the address book memory without any other external input, the designated code (specified code) is combined with other The short messages are distinguished and provided to the address book management center 200 .

In step 165, the control unit 10 determines whether the short message is an address book message, and then proceeds to step 167. In step 167, the control unit 10 checks the address book list to check whether the address book has been previously stored as a general address book by the feature number contained in the address book message. The control unit 10 proceeds to step 169 if the address book is a stored general address book, or proceeds to step 171 to store the received address book if the address book is not a stored general address book. In step 169 , the control unit 10 updates the stored general address book with the general address book received in step 161 , and then proceeds to step 173 . In addition, the control unit 10 stores the general address book received in step 161 into the address book list, and then proceeds to step 173 . In step 173, the control unit 10 displays the representative name of the supplying customer and the stored address in the stored general address book. Next at step 175, the control unit 10 indicates that the short message has been received in the mobile communication terminal 100 in the previously set manner, and then ends the process.

When necessary, use a password to prevent any misappropriation of address book information. When the address book service number is used to connect the mobile communication terminal 100 to the address book management center 200, the address book management center 200 searches for the general address book in the general address book list corresponding to the characteristic number, and prepares to transmit to the communication terminal 100 Address book message. Next, the address book management center 200 sends a guide message to report the readiness for transmission, and also sends a second guide message to request input of a password from the mobile communication terminal 100 . Then, if the password is received from the mobile communication terminal 100, the address book management center 200 starts sending an address message.

The address book management center 200 can send a guide message about a general address book to any mobile communication terminal 100 that receives an address book message from the address book management center 200 without a request from the mobile communication terminal 100 for the address book message. The address book management center 200 stores the number of the mobile communication terminal 100 requesting to transmit the address book message related to the corresponding general address book list in the database 203, and then transmits the changed information and advertisement etc. about the corresponding general address book list.

As mentioned above, the present invention provides a method for inputting an address book by using the short message service, so that the address book can be input into the mobile communication terminal very conveniently. Also, various address book information can be quickly input. It is convenient to provide address book information for companies or individuals using the general address book. In addition, while providing the address book, it can also provide company or personal advertisements, thereby obtaining good advertising effects.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, various changes can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. For example, it can be configured so that the mobile communication terminal can request multiple address book messages by inputting multiple feature numbers, and receive these messages after connecting to the address book management center. It may also be configured to enable the mobile communication terminal to selectively store the received requested address book message. Therefore, it should be understood that the scope of the present invention is defined not by the above-described embodiments, but by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims (17)

1. one kind is input to the method for mobile communication terminal with address book, said method comprising the steps of:

Comprise the address book service number of the characteristic number of distributing to the client who needs address book information from described mobile communication terminal to the input of address book administrative center, so that provide and ask described address book information;

Send described address book service number to described address book administrative center;

Receive described address book service number in described address book administrative center;

Search for the described address book information of retrieval in described address book administrative center corresponding to described characteristic number;

Send the described address book information that retrieves to described mobile communication terminal; And

The described address book information that receives of storage in described mobile communication terminal.

2. according to the method that address book is input to mobile communication terminal of claim 1, it is characterized in that described address book administrative center sends described address book information corresponding to described characteristic number with the form of short message to described mobile communication terminal.

3. according to the method that address book is input to mobile communication terminal of claim 2, it is characterized in that the described step of the described address book information that receives of storage in described mobile communication terminal also comprises:

Confirm whether the described short message that receives is special use (special) short message of relevant described address book information; And

Automatically storage is about the described special-purpose short message of described address book information.

4. according to the method that address book is input to mobile communication terminal of claim 3, the described step that it is characterized in that in described mobile communication terminal the described address book information that receives of storage also comprises: if the described short message of relevant described address book information is the short message of the address book information of storing before relevant, then upgrade the address book information of described storage.

5. according to the method that address book is input to mobile communication terminal of claim 1, it is characterized in that also comprising: if the information that exist to change in described address book information then sends the address book information of described variation to described portable terminal from described address book administrative center.

6. according to the method that address book is input to mobile communication terminal of claim 1, it is characterized in that the described address book information of described address book administrative center search, so that send the described information that retrieves that combines advertisement to described mobile communication terminal corresponding to described characteristic number.

7. one kind is input to the method for mobile communication terminal with address book, said method comprising the steps of:

Send to described address book administrative center eventually from described mobile communication and to distribute to the client's who needs address book information characteristic number, so that the request to described address book information is provided;

In the described address book information of described address book administrative center search, so that retrieve and send the address book information of described search to described mobile communication terminal corresponding to described characteristic number; And

The address book information of the described reception of storage in described mobile communication terminal.

8. according to the method that address book is input to mobile communication terminal of claim 7, it is characterized in that, if from the described address book information of described mobile communication terminal request, be provided with password, then also comprise the steps: to confirm whether send described password from described mobile communication terminal in described address book administrative center.

9. according to the method that address book is input to mobile communication terminal of claim 7, it is characterized in that the step of the address book information of the described reception of storage in described mobile communication terminal also comprises:

Confirm whether the short message that is received is the special-purpose short message of relevant described address book information; And

Automatically storage is about the described special-purpose short message of described address book information.

10. one kind is input to the method for mobile communication terminal with address book, and described method comprises:

Input comprises the address book service number of the characteristic number of distributing to the client that address book information need be provided to address book administrative center, so that the request to described address book information is provided;

Receive the address book information of described request; And

Store described address book information.

11. the method that address book is input to mobile communication terminal according to claim 10 is characterized in that: if described address book information was stored in the past, then described address book information is updated and stores.

12. one kind is input to the method for mobile communication terminal with address book, described method comprises:

Request address book administrative center provides address book information to described mobile communication terminal;

Address book information in described address book administrative center search described request; And

Send the address book information of described retrieval to described mobile communication terminal with the form of short message.

13. the method that address book is input to mobile communication terminal according to claim 12 is characterized in that also comprising: the information of advertisement with the described retrieval that is sent to described mobile communication terminal is sent.

14. the method that address book is input to mobile communication terminal according to claim 12 is characterized in that also comprising:, then send the information that changes in the described address book information to described mobile communication terminal if there is the information that changes in the described address book information.

15. a system that is used for address book is imported mobile communication terminal, described system comprises:

The mobile communication terminal that communicates with mobile switching centre;

The attaching position register that communicates with described mobile switching centre; And

The address book administrative center that communicates with described mobile switching centre.

16. the system of claim 15 is characterized in that described address book administrative center comprises control unit and database.

17. the system of claim 15 is characterized in that described address book administrative center receives request to information from described mobile switching centre.

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